Farmers share hope for better growing season

1:06 AM,
Mar. 15, 2013

Ross County Farm Bureau board member Dwight Beery flips pancakes Thursday during the bureau's annual Farmer's Share breakfast at the Ross County Service Center. Beery said he makes an average of 600 pancakes annually for the breakfast.

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Area farmers said Thursday they hope this season will be the year things turn around for their crops after 2012's severe drought that gripped most of the U.S.

Several people gathered at the annual Farmer Share's breakfast at the Ross County Service Center on Thursday morning to mingle with members of the community and enjoy pancakes, sausage and ham for $1. Mark Crosier, president of the Ross County Farm Bureau, said it appears the southern part of Ohio likely will be hit with heat again this growing season, but said that with modern technology and fertilizers, the amount of damage should be ...